Chemist no. 48 of 350 · Industrial/Applied

Alfred Nobel

1833-1896Sweden

Invented dynamite; founded Nobel Prizes

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Alfred Nobel and Dynamite: How a Dangerous Liquid Became a Controlled Tool

How Alfred Nobel tamed nitroglycerine into dynamite using kieselguhr and invented the blasting cap; chemistry of explosives, equations and exam points.

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Biography

Alfred Nobel: The Chemist Whose Explosives Funded the World's Greatest Prizes

Biography of Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist and inventor of dynamite: early life, education, career timeline, patents, his will and the origin of the Nobel Prizes.

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Nikolay ZininmentorThéophile-Jules Pelouzementor
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Immanuel NobelfatherLudvig Nobelbrother